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Fairy tales from South Africa

CONTENTS

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I. Setuli; or, the King of the Birds 1

II. The Story of the King’s Son and the Magic Song 18

III. The Story of the Little Birds who lived in a Cave 28

IV. The Story of the Shining Princess 32

V. The Rabbit Prince 43

VI. The Unnatural Mother 58

VII. The Three Little Eggs 66

VIII. The Serpent’s Bride—Part I. 78

IX. The Serpent’s Bride—Part II. 99

X. The Fairy Bird 115

XI. The Cock’s Kraal 132

XII. Baboon-Skins 139

XIII. The Reward of Industry 151

XIV. The Story of Semai-mai—Part I. 160

XV. The Story of Semai-mai—Part II. 171

XVI. The Fairy Frog 187

XVII. Nya-nya Bulembu; or, the Moss-green Princess 198

XVIII. The Enchanted Buck 212

XIX. The Beauty and the Beast 224

XX. The White Dove 237

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